Overview

• The governing Ampel coalition and CDU will formally introduce amendments to the Abgeordneten- und Fraktionsgesetz to exclude employees deemed hostile to the constitution from parliamentary funding.
• Employees must consent to regular reliability checks that draw on records from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Landeskriminalamt and the Federal Central Register to qualify for state-funded salaries.
• The Landtagspräsident will hold sole authority to assess individual reliability and decide on their eligibility for taxpayer-backed pay.
• If passed, Rhineland-Palatinate would be the first German state to bar extremist or anti-constitutional staff from receiving legislative financial support.
• Last year’s update to the Landtag’s house rules already introduced security checks for staff accessing sensitive areas, underscoring efforts to bolster Germany’s militant democracy.